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Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

Grayback :: Grayback (n.) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.

Back :: Back (v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

Holophotal :: Holophotal (a.) Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..

Postern :: Postern (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate..

Sway-bracing :: Sway-backed (a.) Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; -- said of horses and other animals..

Chair :: Chair (n.) A movable single seat with a back.

Astride :: Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..

Resound :: Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate..

Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..

Revindicate :: Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.

Twister :: Twister (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback..

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

Result :: Result (v. i.) To leap back; to rebound.

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